Before Footloose, the things I’d done weren’t cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
Even the people that support Bush aren’t happy with the way things are going in Iraq.
I always watch rushes. They give me a sense of whether I’m going in the right direction. You work hard and hopefully get encouragement from what you see.
I did all the dialect work, all my character work completely by myself.
Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they’re in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it’s acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.
There’s the most resistance to an actor singing. It’s like I’m being disloyal to my industry.
I’d always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film.
The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie.
I don’t have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I’ll do it.
There’s something therapeutic about nudity. Clothing is one of the external things about a character. Take away the Gucci or Levi’s and we’re all the same. But not when the nanny is around. But I will with my wife and kids.
I’m always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.
I’ll be honest with you. My kids don’t watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they’ve seen, actually, all the way through.
I’d really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I’m the action guy.
I would say invisibility would be sort of a fun power to have just to see what it was like to move through the world and not be looked at.
If you’re an actor, even a successful one, you’re still waiting for the phone to ring.
Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.
It’s easy to get laid when you’re rich and famous. When you’re broke and unknown, it takes skill.
I think of myself more as a workhorse actor. It will be hot and cold and up and down, but no one will kick me out of the business.
I want to see the numbers that prove that show-business marriages are any less successful than other marriages. It’s just very public when they fail.
My family survived losing money to Bernie Madoff incredibly well compared to others.
Obviousl, my perception of the world is one where humans are a threat to our survival.